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Omar Speights Earns Another Freshman All-America Honor
January 13, 2020 | Football
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State linebacker Omar Speights has picked up another Freshman All-America honor as the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) named him to its first team on Monday.
The honor is the fourth of the year for Speights, who was also named a Freshman All-American by The Athletic, USA Today and 247Sports, all in December.
Season ticket prices for the 2020 season remain the same as for 2019, with an additional game and the 124th Civil War. For information on season tickets please call 541-737-2050 or online at osubeavers.com.
Speights, who is originally from Philadelphia, was second on the team with 73 tackles in 2019, which ranks third among all freshmen nationally. The linebacker was also second on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and tied for second with 3.5 sacks.
Sixty-three of those 73 tackles came over the last seven games of the season.
Speights, an accountancy major, tallied four 10-plus tackle efforts over that seven-game stretch, with a notable 18 against Washington, which was the most by a true or redshirt freshman nationally in 2019. It also ranked as the ninth-best single-game effort in school history.
That 18-tackle effort against the Huskies netted Speights Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors.
Speights has given the Beavers back-to-back Freshman All-Americans with running back Jermar Jefferson earning five such honors last season.
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The honor is the fourth of the year for Speights, who was also named a Freshman All-American by The Athletic, USA Today and 247Sports, all in December.
Season ticket prices for the 2020 season remain the same as for 2019, with an additional game and the 124th Civil War. For information on season tickets please call 541-737-2050 or online at osubeavers.com.
Speights, who is originally from Philadelphia, was second on the team with 73 tackles in 2019, which ranks third among all freshmen nationally. The linebacker was also second on the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and tied for second with 3.5 sacks.
Sixty-three of those 73 tackles came over the last seven games of the season.
Speights, an accountancy major, tallied four 10-plus tackle efforts over that seven-game stretch, with a notable 18 against Washington, which was the most by a true or redshirt freshman nationally in 2019. It also ranked as the ninth-best single-game effort in school history.
That 18-tackle effort against the Huskies netted Speights Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors.
Speights has given the Beavers back-to-back Freshman All-Americans with running back Jermar Jefferson earning five such honors last season.
2020 Signing Day Celebration
The 2020 Signing Day Celebration is Wednesday, February 5, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Portland Downtown! The evening begins with a social and silent auction at 6:00 p.m., followed by a dinner and program at 7:30 p.m. Visit ourbeavernation.com/2020_signingday to register.
Follow Us On Social
For more information on Oregon State football, follow the team's official Twitter accounts at Twitter.com/BeaverFootball and Twitter.com/BeaverFBNews, by Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverFootball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverFootball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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